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Allison Edmonds is an American award-winning journalist and sports reporter. She serves as a sports reporter at KUSI in San Diego, California. Allison served as a Broadcast Sports Director of Mustang News, a 90-minute pre-game show before home football games. She also received several national awards for her services.

Logan Byrnes is an American journalist and news anchor. Currently, he is working as a news anchor at KUSI News since 2018. Logan anchors the news every weeknight at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 10:00, and 11:00. He joined the KUSI news team as a news anchor in 2018 and is excited to be living in beautiful San Diego. Previously, Logan worked at Fox 11 Los Angeles as an anchor of the 5 pm and 10 pm weekend evening newscasts. He also provided live reports during the week.

Jason Austell is an American journalist and anchor. Currently, he works at KUSI 2 as a Good Morning San Diego Weekend Anchor. Jason joined KUSI 2 in April 2017. Previously, he was working at KNSD/NBC 7. Later Jason joined XETV-TV/Channel 6 serving as the weekday evening anchor in July 2016.

Elizabeth Alvarez is an award winning journalist and anchor. Currently, she anchors Good Morning San Diego on Saturday and Sunday which is the most-watched morning shows in San Diego. Elizabeth has worked in news since the late 1990s and joined KUSI in San Diego, CA. in 2015. She reported on the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company in Nasiriyah, Iraq during the 2003 invasion.

Mary Ann Ahern is an American journalist and reporter. She serves as a Political Reporter at NBC since joining in 2006 in Chicago. Ahern joined the station in March 1989. She has covered political campaigns from the White House to Springfield to Chicago. Ahern witnessed the transitions from Mayor Richard Daley to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and traveled through the primary states for the 2008, 2012, 2016 presidential campaigns.

Kate Chappell is an American journalist and reporter. Currently, she is the Weekend Morning anchor and a General Assignment Reporter at NBC 5 since joining in December 2018. Previously, Kate worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she anchored the nightly newscast at the CBS affiliate.

Marion Brooks is an American journalist, anchor, and reporter. Currently, she anchors the NBC5 News at 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. each weekday. Brooks is also a member of the NBC5 Investigates team of investigative reporters. She joined the station in 1998 from WGST in Atlanta, Ga where she was working as a reporter.

Lisa Chavarria is an American journalist and reporter. Currently, she serves as a general assignment reporter at NBC 5 since joining the team in June of 2017. Prior to joining NBC 5, Lisa spent 5 years serving as a reporter and fill-in anchor at the FOX affiliate in Chicago. She commenced her career at WPBN-TV in Traverse City, Michigan. Lisa then worked at WTVF-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, and later left for KHOU-TV in Houston, Texas.

Regina Waldroup is an American journalist and reporter. Currently, she is serving as a general assignment reporter since 2013 at NBC5 based in Chicago. Regina commenced her career as a desk assistant at NBC5 from 2000 to 2001. She has also worked at CBS, NBC, and Fox news stations in Oregon and New York.

Melanie Lawson (Full name: Melanie Cerise Lawson) is an American journalist, anchor, and reporter. She serves as a reporter and news anchor at ABC Channel 13 News. Lawson is also a host of Channel 13’s midday show Eyewitness News. She began first at Channel 13 as a full-time general assignments reporter.